Adult Behavior
Scott Eblin has a post over at our Executive Coach blog on some good behavior exhibited by leaders in government in recent weeks. The title "In Praise of Grown-Ups" struck me, because there's nothing particularly age-specific about the behaviors Scott describes: staying civil and polite, keeping conflict in-house rather than going to the media or playing dirty, and choosing service. We should encourage--and expect--such behavior from all employees, no matter their age or managerial status. And those behaviors should be included as competencies that are used to evaluate employees, and identify potential leaders, no matter how far along in their careers they are.
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I really have no problem with the display of "rightous indignation" that sometimes is necessary to get things through a bureacracy.
William R. Cumming Posted Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:39 AM